Jeremiah 10:12

He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

In Context

11Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.

13At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Job 9:8Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Psalms 78:69And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.

Psalms 104:2and art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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